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Promoting Additive Acculturation in Schools

A study focusing on 113 ninth graders of Mexican descent indicates that most students and their parents adhere to a strategy of additive acculturation (incorporating skills of the new culture and language), but that the school curriculum and general school climate devalue Mexican culture. (SLD)

• Author/Creator: Gibson, Margaret A.
• Date Published: Fall
• Journal/Secondary Title: Multicultural Education
• Number: 1
• Volume: 3
• Year: 1995

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Cultural Awareness
• Subject: Curriculum
• Subject: Educational Environment
• Subject: Grade 9
• Subject: High Schools
• Subject: High School Students
• Subject: Immigrants
• Subject: Mexican Americans
• Subject: Parent Attitudes
• Subject: Student Attitudes
• Subject: Values Education

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